老虎机 (老虎機)
lǎo hǔ jī
Pinyin

Definition

老虎机 (老虎機)
 - 
lǎo hǔ jī
  1. slot machine

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lǎo
  1. 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife
lǎo mā
  1. 1 mother
  2. 2 mom
lǎo jiā
  1. 1 native place
  2. 2 place of origin
  3. 3 home state or region

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation

Sample Sentences

我保证只玩老虎机,才一分钱一次。
wǒ bǎozhèng zhǐ wánr lǎohǔjī ,cái yī fēn qián yī cì 。
I promise I'll only play the slots. It's only one cent each time.
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不要,不要,这个老虎机真好玩。我要继续玩。
bù yào ,bù yào ,zhè ge lǎohǔjī zhēn hǎowán 。wǒ yào jìxù wán 。
No way, no way. This slot machine is really fun. I want to keep playing.
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Macao's specialty is gaming tables. It doesn't matter if it's roulette or cards. Every table is really hot. There aren't a lot of slot machines.
Good heavens. The rate they make money is too fast, don't you think? What are they gambling on? Slot machines or cards?